Urgell
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This article is about the modern county. For other uses, see Urgell (disambiguation).
Urgell (Catalan pronunciation: [uɾˈʒeʎ]), also known as Baix Urgell (baix meaning "lower", by contrast with Alt Urgell "Upper Urgell"), is a comarca (county) in Ponent, Catalonia (Spain), forming only a borderland portion of the region historically known as Urgell, one of the Catalan counties.
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Urgell | |
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Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Catalonia |
Region | Ponent |
Province | Lleida |
Capital | Tàrrega |
Municipalities | |
Government | |
• Body | Urgell Comarcal Council |
• President | José Luis Marín (ERC) |
Area | |
• Total | 579.6 km2 (223.8 sq mi) |
Population (2014) | |
• Total | 36,526 |
• Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Demonym | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Largest municipality | Tàrrega |
Website | urgell.cat |
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The capital is the city of Tàrrega.